Checking In - Your Best Bet

October 4, 2012

Tyler Davidson

Welcome to the October/November edition of Meetings Focus East, where we travel from the “Sweetest Place on Earth,” Hershey, Pa., to nearby State College, and over to the Massachusetts destinations of Springfield and the Berkshires before heading on down to Delaware.

Also on the agenda, stories detailing the sharp growth curve of Eastern casinos, the continuing fallout of the GSA scandal, the many free services CVBs provide, and a fairly exhaustive column by meetings industry educator Bonnie Wallsh, who reveals her top 20 budget tips—if you read anything, read this!

Check out the story on budget tips to see a snippet of the networking, learning and CSR programs offered during our nationwide Meetings Focus Live! programs in 2012, and stay tuned for the 2013 lineup!

About the author

Tyler Davidson is the vice president and chief content director for Meetings Today, which publishes the meetings industry trade magazine Meetings Today as well as MeetingsToday.com, various newsletters, webinars, the in-person Meetings Today LIVE! Hosted-buyer events and other meetings and events industry B2B channels.

Tyler has covered the travel trade for nearly 35 years. In his role with Meetings Today, which recently won the prestigious FOLIO: Eddies Award for best magazine issue, Tyler leads the editorial team on its mission to provide the most in-depth meetings content in the industry. Previously, he worked as the Asia, Canada, Pacific Northwest and Western U.S. editor at Travel Weekly magazine and TravelAge West. Before joining the dual editorial staff producing destination sections for Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, Tyler was the Africa, Israel, Middle East, Switzerland and Pacific Northwest editor at TravelAge West. He also undertook general news and feature assignments while working at the magazines.

Besides reporting on the travel trade, Tyler has covered the real estate industry, held various editorial positions at the San Francisco-based national satire magazine The Nose, wrote freelance technology industry pieces and covered the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders for a bilingual newspaper in San Francisco. He has a B.A. in Journalism from San Francisco State University, where he worked in various editorial capacities on its award-winning student magazine, Prism.

Contact: tyler.davidson@meetingstoday.com